₹8,015 crore for Bengaluru’s infrastructure development

Footpaths are shrinking owing to construction of flyovers, Metro rail and other infrastructure, as is seen on Vani Vilas Road in Bengaluru.

The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to release ₹8,015 crore for infrastructure development in Bengaluru.

The decision came three days after Congress MLA and BDA chairman S.T. Somashekar publicly criticised the coalition government headed by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy saying no development had taken place in Bengaluru city during the last seven months.

The funds would be released to the Bengaluru Development Department headed by Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara and used over three years (2018–21) for white-topping of roads, tank development, footpath works, drainage development, and flyover and underpass works, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told reporters here after the Cabinet meeting.

The department would prepare a plan for utilising the funds. These funds would not be released to civic agencies of the city, he said.